Patents by Inventor Jean-Charles Mare

Jean-Charles Mare has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pump with positive displacement
    Patent number: 6345963
    Abstract: A pump with positive displacement for pumping and entrainment of a fluid in piping (3), includes a cylinder (6) which contains deformable pumping bellows (12) which separate two pumping chambers, a driver (34, 29) which is associated with the pumping unit (12) and has an actuator unit (29) inside the cylinder (6) which is connected to the pumping unit (12), and coils (34) for transmission of drive energy to the actuator (29) from outside the cylinder (6), and a manifold (2) with vortex fluid diodes, which is designed to control the global direction of pumping and flow of the fluid in the piping (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Centre National d 'Etudes Spatiales (C.N.E.S.)
    Inventors: Georges Thomin, Guy Laffeta, Marc Anduze, Robert Caen, Stéphane Colin, Jean-Charles Mare